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      snowflake.snowpark.DataFrame.explain¶

      DataFrame.explain() → None[source]¶

      Prints the list of queries that will be executed to evaluate this DataFrame. Prints the query execution plan if only one SELECT/DML/DDL statement will be executed.

      For more information about the query execution plan, see the EXPLAIN command.

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